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wrongdoers,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>for they will soon fade like the grass,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and wither like the green herb.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Trust in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, and do good;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">so you will live in the land, and enjoy security.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Take delight in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and he will give you the desires of your heart.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Commit your way to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">trust in him, and he will act.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>He will make your vindication shine like the light,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the justice of your cause like the noonday.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Be still before the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, and wait patiently for him;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">do not fret over those who prosper in their way,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">over those who carry out evil devices.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">Do not fret—it leads only to evil.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>For the wicked shall be cut off,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but those who wait for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> shall inherit the land.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">though you look diligently for their place, they will not be there.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>But the meek shall inherit the land,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>The wicked plot against the righteous,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and gnash their teeth at them;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>but the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> laughs at the wicked,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for he sees that their day is coming.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">to bring down the poor and needy,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">to kill those who walk uprightly;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>their sword shall enter their own heart,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and their bows shall be broken.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>Better is a little that the righteous person has</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">than the abundance of many wicked.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> upholds the righteous.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> knows the days of the blameless,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and their heritage will abide forever;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>they are not put to shame in evil times,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">in the days of famine they have abundance.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>But the wicked perish,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the enemies of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> are like the glory of the pastures;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>The wicked borrow, and do not pay back,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the righteous are generous and keep giving;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>for those blessed by the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> shall inherit the land,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but those cursed by him shall be cut off.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>Our steps<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16544a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16544a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> are made firm by the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">when he delights in our<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16544b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16544b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> way;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>though we stumble,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16545c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16545c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> we<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16545d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16545d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> shall not fall headlong,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> holds us<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16545e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16545e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> by the hand.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>I have been young, and now am old,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">or their children begging bread.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>They are ever giving liberally and lending,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and their children become a blessing.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>Depart from evil, and do good;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">so you shall abide forever.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>For the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> loves justice;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he will not forsake his faithful ones.</span></span></p></div><div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text">The righteous shall be kept safe forever,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>The righteous shall inherit the land,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and live in it forever.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and their tongues speak justice.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>The law of their God is in their hearts;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">their steps do not slip.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>The wicked watch for the righteous,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and seek to kill them.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> will not abandon them to their power,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">or let them be condemned when they are brought to trial.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>Wait for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, and keep to his way,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and he will exalt you to inherit the land;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">you will look on the destruction of the wicked.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">35</span>I have seen the wicked oppressing,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16556f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16556f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">36</span>Again I<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16557g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16557g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]</span> passed by, and they were no more;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">though I sought them, they could not be found.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">37</span>Mark the blameless, and behold the upright,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for there is posterity for the peaceable.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">38</span>But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the posterity of the wicked shall be cut off.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">39</span>The salvation of the righteous is from the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he is their refuge in the time of trouble.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">40</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> helps them and rescues them;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he rescues them from the wicked, and saves them,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">because they take refuge in him.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 37:23">Psalm 37:23</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>A man’s steps</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 37:23">Psalm 37:23</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>his</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 37:24">Psalm 37:24</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>he stumbles</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 37:24">Psalm 37:24</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>he</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 37:24">Psalm 37:24</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>him</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 37:35">Psalm 37:35</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 37:36">Psalm 37:36</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Syr Jerome: Heb <i>he</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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